Michelle Malkin » The stupid party strikes again: “The Change You Deserve”

The stupid party strikes again: “The Change You Deserve”

By Michelle Malkin • May 13, 2008 11:38 AM

Oh, dear Lord. The hapless Republican establishment has gone and made a public embarrassment of itself again. Can your hearts take much more of this?

Mine can’t:

Hoping to get things moving in a positive direction, House Republicans will on Wednesday begin rolling out their own policy agenda, trying to showcase their differences with Democrats on issues such as health care, the economy, energy and national security.

In a memo to be sent to Republican members today, the leadership hints at a new slogan building on the change message that has already been shown to have political resonance with a public unhappy with the nation’s direction.

It looks like Republicans will counter the Democratic push for change from the years of the Bush administration with their own pledge to deliver, drum roll please, “the change you deserve.” The first element of the party agenda developed over the past few months by the leadership and select party members will focus on family issues.

“Through our “Change You Deserve” message and through our “American Families Agenda,” House Republicans will continue our efforts to speak directly to an American public looking for leaders who will offer real solutions for the challenges they confront every day,” said the memo prepared for lawmakers.

Conservatives have spent the entire campaign season eviscerating Democrat candidates who’ve tattooed themselves with the empty “change” slogan. So what do the brain-dead strategists and p.r. market wizards of the GOP go and do?

Wrap themselves in “change.”

What about self-preservation? What about sovereignty? What about consistent adherence to constitutional principles?

Nope. We get more insipid “change.”

The crack research staff at GOP HQ somehow missed that “Change You Deserve” is the marketing slogan for Effexor, an anti-depressant.

Brilliant.

The GOP lemmings deserve everything they’re going to get in November.

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#201

On May 14th, 2008 at 8:54 am, Jimmie said:

Actually this tie in with Zubaz could be the smartest thing they have done in a great long while….with each fund raiser letter they can include a sample pack of Zubaz with instructions to save these things until election day. On election day you are to take all you have collected…10-12 of those babies and you won’t feel so bad about voting Republican. Although you may be so anti-depressed that you may need assistance getting to the poling place. I think I may pick up a few shares of Zubaz, this could be really big….
#202

On May 14th, 2008 at 11:52 pm, Joy said:

Sendme - Excellent analysis! I wish we could find a really good conservative speaker who had the ear of the public.

I don’t see one anywhere. And it seems as if every time we try to send a message, they incorrectly interpret it to mean we want them even more liberal instead of realizing that a true conservative message WORKS.
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On May 16th, 2008 at 8:56 pm, gypsykajak said:

I’m changing parties! Independant.